They were giving false reasons on why our troops were there when know body knew why they were there especially the soldiers. ... The first showing that no one knew why the war was going on not even the soldiers. ... If you were rich then you could buy your way out. If you were in collage then the government would wave your duty because you were smart. ... The Civil rights movement made it so that blacks have the same freedoms as whites and are not discriminated against as much and when they are they get there punishment unlike back then when you got support for such things. ...

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No people were really afraid. ... In fact there were few problems and everything worked for the best. ... "Everybody thinks he deserves to live forever, so if there's anything out there that can cure them, then you get it. ... "All the time I was saying no that's the president, and no not my president there's no way this could be true. ... "There were a whole bunch of us sitting around watching this on TV, I mean we were having our won little party going on. ...

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The shelves in the stores were practically bare, and what was there was not in very good quality. ... There were many escape tunnels dug under the wall. ... There were 302 watchtowers, and 20 bunkers. ... There was no way to see relatives or anything on the west side of the wall. ... Then just two days later thousands took the streets shouting "no more violence!" ...

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That the Cuban Missile Crisis took place is no surprise. ... He let Gromyko lie, claiming that the only reason the Russians were there was to "give bread to Cuba in order to prevent hunger in that country- [p.19]. ... Regarding his directive to board vessels that might resist the blockade, JFK wrung his hands, "What would you do then, if we went through all of this effort and then find out that there's baby food on it?... And then a U-2 was shot down over Cuba on Saturday October 27th. ... There were three countries directly involved in the Caribbean, not just the U.S. and Soviet Union. ...

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Through out the war president Harry Truman first had to make the decision to drop the atomic bomb, then the dropping of the bomb, and then after the bomb was dropped. ... Some of the American people were upset with the idea of the atomic bomb, because they felt that yes it will end the war but later there will be consequences. ... The United States could no longer "do nothing" we had to "do something" to end the war. ... Some of the American people were upset with the idea of the atomic bomb, because they felt that yes it will end the war but later there will be consequences. ... The Unite...

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The United States then took advantage of this situation and were able to profit from The Union's "imperialist exploitation of other countries,"2 while socialism only had an economic loss in that competition. ... An example of this would be the fact that any citizen could not even buy a good pair of leather boots, a good television set or a computer made in the Soviet Union, because all the boots and the electronics were swallowed up by military usage.3 This led to there being few to no quality goods to export in order to balance their imports. ... Some workers were sent to respo...

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The United States then took advantage of this situation and were able to profit from The Union's "imperialist exploitation of other countries,"2 while socialism only had an economic loss in that competition. ... This led to there being few to no quality goods to export in order to balance their imports. ... Some workers were sent to respond to the disaster and were ordered to encase the reactor in concrete. ... Upon putting it into practice, the Soviet government stated that: "it was not until 1988, that it was admitted we were running a budget deficit, and as a result the...

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These beliefs led to no compromise, which then led to containment; the idea that the Soviet Union and Soviet communism should not be allowed to spread. A smaller, yet serious conflict had then risen in Germany. ... Luckily, the conflict was ended with no war and compromise was achieved quickly. During the Cold War, Americans were terrified of the Soviet Union and left with no knowledge of whether or not the Soviets would attack the US. ... If the Soviets tried to force communist views on the US, there would have been a high chance of conflict, war, or in the worst case scenario, nuclear war....

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Meaning that both sides of the story were not heard. ... We were currently in a Cold War situation with Russia and fearing that communism would spread through out the world, America thought it was there duty to keep that from happening. ... Now I know that there was and still is no way to predict the future, still, through out the conflict when our goal wasn"t being accomplished, anytime would"ve been perfect to pull out. ... The war tactics used by America in Vietnam were lower than low. ... Before then we had a perfect record. ...

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There are not many reasons as to why Truman decided to drop the bombs. There are only just a few. ... I believe that had Truman not acted on this then it would have taken longer for Japan to surrender. ... They no longer had a strong, suitable military. Instead all they had were civilians. ...

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This continued on, and when May rolled around there were 46,000 American Troops in Vietnam (Doyle, Lipsman). ... The war then quickly switched over and put more weight on air attacks and bomb raids. ... "No event in American history is more misunderstood that the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now. ... The war was so chaotic that there was no time to give any answers, or find any answers; this gave the media a big loophole to deceive the public. ...

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There were specific and deliberate decisions that the U.S. made during WWII that caused tensions to rise between them and the Soviet Union, which began the Cold War. ... The U.S. is relatively unscathed and lost far fewer soldiers in the war then their enemies or their allies. ... Even though Americans knew that there was no such thing as a perfect family, they enjoyed the depiction and strove to reach that level. ... Joe created his own Red Scare by stating that there were 205 government officials that were communist and were working hard to shape the policy of the state department. ... W...

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In the late 1950's there were 8,000 to 10,000 people from East Germany left and each day they would move further into the west. ... There were many escape tunnels dug under the wall. ... Mourners brought flowers to a grave and then went into the tunnels. ... There were 302 watchtowers, and 20 bunkers. ... This area of no man's land cut off one hundred-ninety two streets. ...

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The American people were petrified with the threat of Nuclear War. ... The people who did escape were too anxious to leave. ... Then you have to deal with the disadvantages of a democracy. There is unemployment. ... The Soviets took all measures to ensure that no one will escape to West Berlin. ...

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The conclusion from the story is that the spiritual burden is actually much heavier than the physical, because there is no efficient way of dealing with the intangible evil that resides in the soul of the soldiers. ... If one is a child, one assumes no responsibilities, thus no dangers. ... The Vietnam war was no doubt a very cruel war, and the GI's who came back home were seriously wounded, not physically, but their soul has been maimed forever, because there are some things the human psyche simply cannot deal with, and the "Jungle Experience- was one of those. ... There are countless t...

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This was very significant because throughout all of World War I there were no major battles fought on the German homeland. ... There were delegates from twenty-seven different countries there, but the Germans and the Russians were not represented. ... Even as the war continued to rage on, there were wartime conferences. ... They were under the control of one dictator and then went under the control of another. ... There was talk that they were going to be occupied for up to twenty years or even longer. ...

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There, she hoped, he would train to become a priest. ... He worked in Tiflis, and then in the Black Sea port of Batumi, organizing worker protests, which led to his arrest in 1902. ... But the kulaks were essentially a figment of Marxist propaganda (there existed no real difference between these "wealthiest" peasants and all other peasants), and collectivization reaped disaster--the government persecuted and killed the peasantry, famine swept the country, and as many as ten million may have died. ... For in his mind, there was no question of his primacy: he was to be first, period; there was ...

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This is the only war in which there was no true front line. ... The soldiers often time ran into enemy patrols not meaning to, it just happened, then the fighting would break out. ... They were known as "Puff the Magic Dragon" but they were code named Spectre. ... They were first introduced in many of the earliest wars, but were only used during the war. ... Now, there are quite a few snipers out there, waiting on that perfect shot. ...

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Nuclear weapons are not a new thing; they have been around for more then six decades. ... Kennedy and his advisors discussed courses of action that could be taken to ensure that there was no strike upon America. ... If there were just an army of Soviet men then the invasion would have continued. Since there were weapons of mass destruction involved, more time and consideration went into it. ... There were a total of 2692 missiles eliminated after the treaty was made and it brought an end to the cold war. ...

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There were also good reviews like the ones that were made after the book was written. ... They had to mature immediately and were given no chance to enjoy themselves. ... There were two villains in Vietnam, one being the Viet Cong and the other the weather. ... Many of the mines were called antipersonnel mines, which were there to cripple as opposed to killing. ... These were detonated mines that bounce out of the ground to the victim's waist and then go off. ...

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Ambassador in Moscow, understood and relayed the Russian Marxist way of thinking better then any American. ... The telegram warned the officials in Washington that, "The USSR still lives in antagonistic capitalist encirclement with which there can be no permanent peaceful coexistence." ... Since the Russians were thought to be fanatics, they were considered impossible to speak with. ... Many people like to think of the US as a amiable nation, wishing no harm on other nations and seeking free trade where it can be found, but our history shows a more violent diplomatic policy. ...

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Therefore the war became a rather solitary war, where one soldier was sent alone, and then proceeded to return back home alone. ... So if the soldier only worried about himself, then he would not have feelings for other soldiers. ... Green troops or "f---ing new guys" with almost no experience in combat were thrown into their places. ... Over 8000 women served in the country of Vietnam and of those 8000 there were eight that were killed (Allen 1996). ... Even though over 58,000 Americans died in the Vietnam War there were approximately 600,000 Communists killed in the same war. ...

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Temporary Agreements There was no general peace conference immediately after the war. ... However, by 1948, Soviet-Western relations had become so bad that the reunification of Germany no longer seemed possible. ... Then, after the war, free elections were delayed when the pro-Soviet group saw that they could not win. ... These forces were mostly American. ... Occupation troops were then withdrawn and, in April 1952, the peace treaty went into effect. ...

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Also, Japan needed raw materials that were required to industrialize. ... Then, they sent samurai to explore the Western world, and the samurai came back with new technology and ideals such as democracy. ... While their leadership was secular and bureaucratic and they had no worldly commitments, the western world was targeting china while they were in a vulnerable place. ... Then, Japanese government became more structured with the establishment of banks and post offices and regularizing commercial laws. ... There were clearly evident similarities and differences between China and Japan'...

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Since humans created this supposedly perfect government, and run it, then how can those just morals be applied? ... I interpret this pact much like the proverbial bully and the milk money fiasco were the bully hits kid for milk money and then the bully is punished but we all know the whiny kid will get his for telling on the bully. ... After World War Two had ended Turkey and Greece had fallen into an economic depression, that Britain could no longer afford to help out. ... If Communism and Democracy are so similar and one doesn't work then the other must have similar flaws. ... After bot...

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